Infant bathing device



Jan. 4, 1949. i M, E E 2,458,003

INFANT BATHING DEVICE Filed Nov. l8,' 1944 ATTORNEIY5 Patented Jan. 4, 1949 UNITED STATES "IIPATENT'IYOFFICE Application November 18, 1944,Serial No. 564,168

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to infant bathing devices of the type whichinclude a flexible bathtub mounted on a foldable supporting structureincluding two pairs of cross-legs, and has for its object the provisionof an improved bathing device of this character. The invention isespecially concerned with infants bathing devices having the foldablecross-legs at the ends of the supporting structure and arranged to foldinto substantial parallelism, and has for its principal object theprovision of a shelf foldably interconnected to the supportingstructure, and arranged to assume an horizontal operative positionbeneath the tub when the cross-legs are in their spread position forusing the bathing device and to be folded to an inoperative position insubstantial parallelism with at least one of the legs of the cross-legswhen they are in either their folded or their spread positions.

In one of its advantageous embodiments, the invention provides means forattaching the shelf to the supporting structure, for example to thecross-legs, permitting the shelf to be readily attached or detached andeasily moved to and from its operative horizontal position. ventionprovides both pivotal and slidable means for foldably interconnectingthe shelf to the supporting structure.

These and other novel features of the invention will be betterunderstood after considering the following discussion taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is an isometric view of a bathing device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a part of the bathing device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of part of the bathing device of Fig. 1showing a different position of the parts;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along the line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an isometric view of the bayonet coupling used in Fig. 1.

The improved infant bathing device illustrated in the drawings comprisesa supporting structure including a pair of foldable cross-legs l and 2at one end of the bathing device and a pair of similar cross-legs 3 and4 at the other end of the bathing device. The cross-legs I and l areconnected at the top by longitudinal rail 5 and at the bottom bylongitudinal rail 6. Cross-legs 2 and 3 are connected at the top bylongitudinal rail I and at the bottom by longitudinal rail 8. Thecross-legs l and 2 are pivotally connected together by the pin Ill,cross-legs 3 and 4 are The in- 1.:

pivotally connected together by the pin I l, and the upper rails 5 and Isupport the collapsible fabric tub l2. The bathing device is providedwith a dressing table I5 which may be suspended on the brackets H5 in anupright position at the rear of the tub when not in use and which may beswung to a horizontal position overlying the tub for use in dressing aninfant. The screen guard IT is mounted on the legs 2 and 3 for thepurpose of protecting the infant during dressing.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the shelf 20,shown in Fig. l in its horizontal operative position for receivingvarious articles used in the care of an infant, has bayonet typebrackets 2| and 22 at each end thereof which are slipped over the pinsit and H respectively to form detachable and pivotal connections of theshelf with the cross-legs. The shelf is supported at the front in itssecured horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 by hinged braces 23 and 24.These braces are pivotally connected to the front ends of the shelf bythe pins 25 and to the clips 26 and 21 by the pins 28. The clips 26 and21 are detachably connected to the rails 2 and 3, the engagement beinglargely b frictional gripping, and the braces 23 and 24 have hingedjoints 28 which permit them to bend backwards in pivotally moving theshelf 2!! from its horizontal operative position as shown in Fig. l toits inoperative folded position in parallelism with legs 2 and 3. Asshown in Fig. 3, the table 20 is in an intermediate folded position andis on its way to a position in parallelism with legs 2 and 3. It will beunderstood that the entire shelf is detachably connected to the pins iiiand H by the bayonet brackets 2| and 22 and to the legs 2 and 3 by theclips 28 and 2l. When the shelf is folded into substantial parallelismwith two of the legs, the two pairs of cross-legs may also be foldedinto substantial parallelism when the bathing device is folded forstorage or shipment.

One of the important features of the invention is that the shelf may beattached and detached to the bathing device without the use of tools.Moreover, it may be used with various types of bathing devices now onthe market.

I claim:

In an infant bathing device having a flexible tub and a foldablesupporting structure including two pairs of foldable cross-legs, theimprovement which comprises a shelf for receiving various articles usedin the care of an infant, a pin pivotally connecting the legs of eachpair of cross-legs together at a point below the level REFERENCES CITEDThe following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Macnamar Nov. 14, 1893 WilsonDec. 22, 1903 Jennings Apr. 2'7, 1926 Haban Apr. 12, 1938 De Puy Oct.15, 1940

